The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
KITTY IN A PARLoR CAR.
A Plump Little Nfanx Furnishes No End
of Fun for The Passengers.


of Fun for The Passengers.
Ten or twelve passengers on Pennsyl-
vania p;tilor chr coming over from PhilaL
delphia The other night had no end OF fun
with Il plump little Manx kitten. No
body s,lspected the Kittens presence until
there eanie-a faint new from il pastehoard
box III ii,a feet Of n tall young man in
piratical travelling cap. Then there was
All energetic display Of white paws seem
ingly AL everyone of half a dozen Sits In
the bos Passengers peerea sst the young
mans feet and he professed to be deeply
Interested in a newspaper. Then the
mefvs grew louder and mere frequent,
the white paws were thrust out With fran
tic energy and the whole car was in aitit-
ter. Ii was useless for that young man
to keep UP any longer the attempt to'con-
ceal his guilt SO. with the eyes of every
passenger upon him he began to unite the
box Presently the id was lifted, and
the passengers were surprised when only
one white kitten popped out At least
six had been expected
He WAS a most engaging little chap
with blue eyes, cOttnny fur and no tail IL
speak Of Once on the floor he was the
centerof dozen smiling glances. A bald
headed man In glasses shook handker
chief Ut him and it was convulsively
grabbed between Two playful little
paws Then puss caught sight of pretty
young woman across the way, and turn
ing his gnarled and stumpy tail to the
bald headed man, walked over to her
seat. The young woman picked him UP,
stroked his soft fur, cooed sweet thinga
at him, pnt his head against her own
peachy cheek and filed with envy the
breast Of every man on board. Then the
little Manx started solemnly down the
center OF the car, making playful excur
sions here and there az hand or foot
was thrust out to bar his progress. He
stopped shivered and seemed on the POiut
Of having tit as an express train rushed
by but recovered In time to seize the out
| stretched hand of blear eyed man who
Weakened suddenly, caught sight of the
kitten and appeared relieved at the gen
| eral interest which seemed to attest Its
| reality The entrance of the conductor
from rear door gave puss serious
fright, but he regained his presence Of
| mind in time to grab at the trousers of
the grave man in blue.
BY this time the Manx was in full pos
session of the car. He tried various va
cant seats, thrust an inquisitive paw at
stohd travelling bags, clawed every hand
that was carelessly hung over the chair
arm, and had no end of fun with the even
ing papers. Everybody picked him up
and inquired whether his kindly little tail
was natural or work OF art. The tall
young man enjoyed it all, but with symp-
toms Of uneasness, for he bad never be-
| fore travelled in parlor car with a kitten,
| and he didn't feel quite sure Of his COM
panion's behavior Several persons who
had picked up the Little cotton bal
dropped it rather hastily, and puss, ap-
parently discovering In this reflection
upon his personal cleanliness, sat upon q
hassock in the most conspicuous part OF
the car and shamelessly made his toilet
This performance was given without
omission or abbreyiation, and everybody
watched it with ticklish interest. The
tall young man seemed relieved when 1t
was done, and more SO ten minutes later,
when he discovered that the train was al
most due at Jersey City He boxed up
puss with Infinite difficulty, aud as he
marched through double row OF crowded
seats IN the ferryboat soon after, with
protest of news and outthrust paws com
ing from the pasteboard box, q citizen in
pea jacket said TO his neighbor: I'D
like to know how rnany kittens that ere
ioas dude $ takin to~aaf best eli =
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